Installing Python on Windows is a bit more laborious than on Mac or Linux, because there's a bit of manual configuring to do. Here's an installation checklist to go through to get it done so that you have IPython ready, and you can install packages from PyPI. These instructions are …

I had to migrate a pretty big database cluster from one server with PostgreSQL 8.4 to a new server with 9.2 There we multiple apps using the databases, and the downtime had to be minimal. Luckily, the databases were split to multiple schemas, and there were only a …

In this article I will show you how to use the Sonera CStream Messaging Web Service API to send an SMS using Python, and a library called  SUDS. The CStream API is two-way service for both sending and receiving messages. You obviously need to pay for the service to get …

Sometimes you have an executable which does not fork to the background, but you need to control it with init scripts, so that it does indeed run in the background. Here's a pretty generic init script for that. It allows you to configure these:

DAEMON_NAME="My Little Daemon"
DAEMON_EXECUTABLE="/opt …

HP seems to have set up a package repository for Ubuntu 12.04, which is an improvement since I last checked a few years ago. To use the repo, add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://downloads.linux.hp.com/downloads/ManagementComponentPack/ubuntu precise current/non-free …

To get a virtual serial console, you need to enable the iLO virtual serial port. I had mine set up like this:

• iLO 2 Virtual Serial Port: COM2 0x2F8 IRQ 3

I also enabled ssh access in the iLO web interface. This way I can ssh into the iLO and …

I downloaded the firmware from HP site. It was named CP019022.scexe. I tried uploading it in the iLO2 web interface, but it was rejected. Next, I copied it to the server, gave it execute permissions and ran it:

root@host:~# ./CP019022.scexe
./CP019022.scexe: 153: ./CP019022.scexe: pushd: not …

First, make sure you can use public key authentication or similar means to connect to ssh servers without typing in your password all the time.

Install sshfs for mounting remote filesystems over ssh, and afuse for automounting FUSE filesystems (sshfs uses fuse).

sudo apt-get install sshfs afuse

For dead connection …

In this article, I will discuss sending messages from server to web browser using RabbitMQ-Web-Stomp as the backend, and a simple JavaScript library to handle the web browser side. SockJS is used as the browser WebSockets library. This setup enables you to directly push messages in realtime from the RabbitMQ …

Ingenious, fast way to find your files:

Command-T - Fast file navigation for VIM : vim online.

I use the following mappings:

" Set leader key to comma
let mapleader = ","

" Command-T shortcuts
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>t :CommandT<CR>
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>b :CommandTBuffer<CR>

Bring up the finder with ,t or "comma-t". Use …